Device for supporting washbasins



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W KAGHLER DEVICE FOR'SUPPORTING WASHBASINS.

No. 5'77,528.- Patented Feb. 23, 1897.

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\VILLIAM KACHLER, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING WASHBASINS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 577,528, dated February 23, 1897.

Application filed August 4: 1 S 9 6 To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM KAOHLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Supporting Washbasins and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in devices for supporting a washbasin; and it has for its objects, among others, to provide a simple and cheap device readily applied or affixed in any desired position and which shall combine in the one device a washbasin-holder, a soap-dish, and a towel-rack, with the holder so disposed that it may be turned up parallel with the wall when not in use and the basin suspended from the hook that serves to support the basin when in position.

The device will be found a most useful accessory to a kitchen, a bath-room, or a camping outfit.

Other obj ect-s and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear, and the novel features'thereof will be specifically defined by the appended claims.

The invention in this instance resides in the peculiar combinations and the construction, arrangement, and adaptation of parts, all as more fully hereinafter described, shown in the drawings, and then particularly pointed out in the claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a View of the device in position for use. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section in proximity to the pivot of the hoop. Fig. 3 is a view showing the hoop in the position it assumes when not in use.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring now to the details of the drawings byletter, A designates a soap-dish,which may be of any desired material and size and shape. It is designed to be secured to the wall or other support in any suitable manner, as by screws passed through the holes in the back thereof. From opposite sides there extend the lugs or flanges B ,in openings in which Serial No. 601,652. (No model.)

may be detachably engaged a towel-rack, so that it may be hung upon either side desired.

O is a bar or arm extending from the under side of the soap-dish, its inner end adapted to bear against the wall or other support and its other end projected beyond the dish, and to this end is pivoted on a horizontal pivot D the hoop E, which has the parallel portions or extensions F, one upon each side of the bar or arm 0, and when the hoop is in a horizontal position the ends of these extensions engage upon the under side of the dish, as shown, to aid the hoop in supporting the washbasin that is designed to be placed thereupon and to be supported thereby. When not in use, this hoop may be turned up into a vertical position against the wall, as shown in Fig. 3.

H is a hook upon which the basin may be hung when not in use. This hook may be supported from the hoop, or it may be formed integral with the arm 0, as may be preferred. I have shown both, but it will be understood that but one of these hooks is present at the same time.

The device is simple in its nature, cheap of construction, and its advantages will be apparent and will recommend its use.

What is claimed as new is l. A device for the purpose described, comprising a soap-dish, an arm extending from the under side thereof, a hoop mounted on a horizonal pivot held in said arm and having parallel portions extending beyond its pivot to engage the under side of the soap-dish, and a hook adapted to receive a basin, all substantially as described.

2. A device for the purpose described, comprising a soap-dish, an arm extending from the under side thereof, a hoop mounted on a horizontal pivot held in said arm and having parallel portions extending beyond its pivot to engage the under side of the soap-dish, and a hook adapted to receive a basin, said dish being provided with flanges extending from opposite sides thereof to receive a towel-rack, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM KACI-ILER.

Witnesses:

CHAS. D. GOEPPER, J. F. SOHNIDER. 

